Bootjack.



' F. STONE.

BOOTJACK.

'. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1918.

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

A TTOHIVEK? UNITE s'r ns HERMAN FQSTEBSTONE, or LAWRENCE, NEW YORK.

,BOOTJACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN Fos'rnn STONE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Nassau, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bootj acks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a 7 full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same.

p This invention has for its purpose to substitute for the. ordinary boot-jack a devicei effective in operation and economical of that it shall not add materially to the weight and volume of their equipment.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 represents a view of a boot provided with the improved device and further illustrates the manner in which it is used;

Fig. 2 represents a rear elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 represents on a larger scale, a. perspective view of the device itself; and

Fig. 4 shows a modification.-

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A indicates a boot, and a the heel thereof, showing my improved boot-jack device in place tightened upon the heel portion of the boot so as to be.

ready to subserve its intended function.

The main constituent element of the device is a flexible strap which may be of leather, stout fabric, chain, or other similar material having the requisite strength and pliability. At one end of the strap is located a releasable holding means, which may conveniently consist of the 'two metal rings '6 and at the other end thereof is located a ring 0 which is likewise secured to the strap in any suitable way, as, for instance, by a piece of flexible material (Z sewed thereto.

: Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed ianu'ary 14,. 1918. Serial No. 211,773.

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The flexible strap passes through :the two metal rings, asfshown, and is adjustable therein so asto be tightened or released as In use, the portion of the flexible strap which passes over the heelconstitutes a loop e and the remainder of the strap constitutes a pulling yoke 7, whereby, after the device engaging the other foot of thewearer in the yoke portion 7 (as'sho'wn 'i'n' and then exerting the necessary-pulling strain.

It will be understood, of course, that before exerting this pulling strain, the. loop portion e of the device will first be tightened up by tightening the loop at the pair of rings, so that it will be firmly and securely locked to the boot heel. It will be further noted that the relative spacing of the pair of rings 7) from the ring a, should be such that when the loop is tightened upon the heel the rings 5 and the ring 0 shall be in close proximity to the forward edge of the boot heel; so that, in the act of exerting the pulling strain upon the device, in pulling off the boot, the strain will be exerted in such a direction as to ob Iioriate any tendency to draw the loop 6 off the oot.

To release the device from the boot, after the boot has been pulled off, it will merely be necessary to loosen the loop 6 at the rings 6, as will be evident.

As shown in Fig. 4:, there may be em.- ployed (instead of the ring 0 shown in the remaining figures) an adjustable connection represented by an oval ring 0 with which a tongue 0 constitutes a buckle, said tongue being adapted to engage within corresponding holes made in the loop portion 6 of the boot-jack. This furnishes a means for varying the distance of the ring 0' from the rings 6, so as to adapt the loop portion e to various widths of boot heels; so that, whatever the width of the heel the distance of the oval ring 0 from the ring I) can be so determined that when the loop 6 is tightened upon the heel, the oval ring 0 and the. ring I) will occupy the desired location, that is to say, in close proximity to the forward edge of the boot heel, for the purpose hereinbefore described. Both the ring 0 and the ring 0' have the function of connecting the end of the yoke f with the heel loop 6 but the oval -1s adjusteduponthe boot as shown in Fig. '1, and tightened thereon," the boot can be pulled off from the footwof'the' wearer by ring has the additional function of adjustability of connection 'for the purposes described.

What I claim is: 1. A boot-jack, comprising a flexible strap forming a combined heel loop and pulling yoke, and means for releasably tightening the loop upon a boot heel; substantially as described. 7 2. boot jack, comprising a flexible strap formlng a combined heel loop and pulling yoke, and a slip connection between the loop application of strain to the pulling .loop

causes the heel loop to tighten upon the heel of a boot; v

4;. A boot jack, comprising a flexible strap forming a combined heel loop and pulling yoke, and means for releasably tightening the loop on a boot heel, said means consisting of a connection from one end of the strap 5.v A boot-jack, comprising a flexible strap 7 forming a combined heel loop and pulling yoke, and means for releasably tightening the loop upon the boot heel, said means consisting of two rings carried by one end of the strap, and a ring carried by the other end oif'the strap and likewise engaging-a portion of the loop; substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HER-MAN FOSTER STONE..-

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